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IC 🐞 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈icyang@mastodon.art
2025-07-24

friends, please share this thread 🙏
i want more people to hear the story of my siblings in arms, and to educate people about Taiwan's history that isn't told by han settlers.

big big "aray" to anyone who takes time to read this!

#indigenous #stateViolence #native #taiwan #policeState #antiFascism #antiImperialism #landBack

Karis [moved account- see bio]qaris
2025-07-22

the Kenyan government, under William Ruto, continues its long held policy of using the law against(as it was always designed to) citizens

the state is using the Terrorism Act to falsely accuse protestors and activists like Boniface Mwangi of acts of terrorism

the 'law' has never and will never be for the people

The image shows a man, Boniface Mwangi, standing indoors, holding a flag. The flag is the national flag of Kenya, featuring black, red, green, and white colors with a red shield and a black and white pattern in the center. The man is wearing a white hoodie with the text "#TEAMCOURAGE" printed on it. He is positioned in a corridor with a plain wall and a door visible in the background. The lighting in the image is natural, coming from the left side, casting a soft shadow on the wall behind him.
Karis [moved account- see bio]qaris
2025-07-17

yeah right, the so called 'separation of powers'.

of-course the Kenyan Judiciary sides with and continues to be complicit in the oppression by the Kenyan government, under William Ruto, time and time again.

all these systems need to fucking go

the logo for the Kenyan Judiciary, it encompasses the scales of justice in the center with word 'Judiciary' in the middle, two wheat stalks are on either side and the circular rings around the center and at the bottom on a banner reads, "Republic Of Kenya"
Karis [moved account- see bio]qaris
2025-07-16

🧵 2/2

at first i thought i'd only post the main tweet but then thought it would be a good idea to help give context to just how similar and, unfortunately, relatable the issues and problems that affect African countries are..

Karis [moved account- see bio]qaris
2025-07-16

🧵 1/2

the tweet is about Kenya, the Kenyan Police and the authoritarian who is president, William Ruto

in the comments is a Nigerian

our struggles have always been connected across the continent

link below:
x.com/zolesa_ke/status/1942238

A screenshot of a twitter post by @zolesa_ke, with text saying "They will kill you and drag your corpse into a police station to hide it They will kill you in police custody and call it suicide They will dump your corpse in a quarry and blame a serial killer They will kill you on the streets for selling masks Kenyan Police can not be reformed". Under that is a comment tweet by @Lifes__Easy, with text saying "I thought the @PoliceNG had committed another atrocity, til I read to the end. Africa really is a country.". Under that is a comment tweet in reply by @zolesa_ke, with text saying "This is so gutting. Truly. Not something we should have in common. This continent will kill itself because of these greedy leaders and their henchmen".
Karis [moved account- see bio]qaris
2025-07-16

The Kenyan government, under the orders of William Ruto, has been brutalizing, abducting and killing Kenyan citizens.

link below:
x.com/Bobthebuil19383/status/1

A screenshot of a twitter post by @Bobthebuil19383, with text saying "I keep saying that the violence is state sponsored. It’s a calculated strategy to incite distrust, tensions and create division among Kenyans. The goal is to paint protesters as violent and destructive to justify the ‘shoot to kill’ directives from these leaders. The only enemy is the state! #RutoMustGo #FreeKanMaiyo". Under that is a quoted tweet by @PropesaTV, with text saying "Here are the perpetrators of the Magunas Supermarket fire. The fire was started at the small makeshift luggage bay but you can see police in uniform breaking glass panes so that the fire could access the main building. Then after they are successful they leave casually.".
Karis [moved account- see bio]qaris
2025-07-16

just a gentle reminder..

link below:
x.com/mx_kalani/status/1943647

A screenshot of a twitter post by @mx_kalani, with text saying "Oppressors dont deserve any form of empathy from the oppressed.".
Karis [moved account- see bio]qaris
2025-07-16

there is no man on earth who isn't sexist or misogynistic in one way or another

this so called 'plan' is dead on arrival because they do not exist

link below:
x.com/Lsankei99/status/1943552

A screenshot of a twitter post by @Lsankei99, with text saying "10 year old girls in Afghanistan are taking their own lives, 130 women in Sudan took their own lives escaping the violence of men. Kenya’s state is using rape to counter dissent. There’s no time and space to do any of this shit, fuck you and that plan". Under that is a quoted tweet by @jess_ann_pin, with text saying "Feminists need a new plan to encourage and promote all the good men in the world as examples for men to look up to. Who are some good men that men can follow as an example?".
Karis [moved account- see bio]qaris
2025-07-14

and there are countless others unaccounted for, deep in the dungeons of Kenyan police and prison cells, some dead and most brutally beaten and tortured, their whereabouts and fate unknown..

all under William Ruto's regime

link below:
x.com/justinewanda/status/1944

The image shows a tweet from a user named "United In Grief" with the handle "[@]justinewanda." The tweet includes a caption that reads, "Their tragic extra-judicial deaths are just one month apart" and includes hashtags "#JusticeForAlbertOjwang" and "#JusticeforJuliaNjoki." The tweet features two newspaper front pages from "The Standard," a Kenyan newspaper The left newspaper front page has a headline "Oh no, not again!" and features a photo of a young woman with braided hair, smiling. The subheadline reads, "How police conceal evidence after taking lives of innocents." Below the headline, there is a subheadline that reads, "After a day-long standoff between the Prisons Service and the police over the body of 24-year-old Julia Karusim lost her life, the Prisons Service has admitted she died in their custody, though they claim she arrived already injured." The right newspaper front page has a headline "Killed by police" and features a photo of a man holding a folder. The subheadline reads, "Police gave a laughable explanation in a fruitless cover-up after a young man died in their hands hours after arresting him." Below the headline, there is a subheadline that reads, "From vision to vultures: UoN's Sh18 billion STEM project in turmoil." Both front pages have a red circular graphic with a quote, and the date on the left page is "Sunday, July 23, 2023," while the right page's date is "Sunday, July 23, 2023." The tweet was posted at 7:45 AM on July 14, 2025, and has 280 views
Karis [moved account- see bio]qaris
2025-07-14

this is why, in Kenya, resisting arrest is literally necessary because being killed while in police custody, by the police, is what is happening..

and all at the orders of the president, William Ruto

link below:
citizen.digital/news/saba-saba

The image is a screenshot of a news article with the headline "Saba Saba: Nanyuki family seeks justice after daughter dies in police custody" by Sharon Nkonge, published on July 12, 2025, at 05:58 EAT. The article features three photographs of a young woman with braided hair. The main photo shows her smiling, wearing a white shirt and a blue scarf, with a dirt path in the background. The other two photos show her in different settings, wearing a camouflage headscarf and a white hoodie, respectively. The images are arranged in a collage format, with the main photo on the left and the other two on the right.
Karis [moved account- see bio]qaris
2025-07-10

in other not-so-new news

William Ruto, once again, showing his true self

and there's no such thing as "to injure"

the president of Kenya has finally said publicly and plainly, what was always known he had ordered from the start:

shoot to kill..

link below:
bbc.com/news/articles/c9dgv5e6

The image is a screenshot of a news article from BBC News, featuring a man in a blue suit and red patterned tie standing at a podium with two microphones. The headline reads, "Shoot in the leg - Kenyan leader orders police to curb violent protests." The subheading states, "Kenya's President William Ruto has ordered police to shoot protesters targeting businesses in the legs, ensuring they are incapacitated but not killed." The article is authored by Wycliffe Muia and is dated 3 hours ago. The source is credited to State House Kenya/Facebook. The man appears to be speaking, with a serious expression, and the background is blurred, focusing attention on him.
Karis [moved account- see bio]qaris
2025-07-09

okay, first:

polisi ni adui

second:

a lot has happened over the last 7 days and i guess i'm still processing but.. forward we must..

and forevermore:

fuck William Ruto

Karis [moved account- see bio]qaris
2025-07-02

brutal police violence, abductions, rape and murder of citizens

all planned, financed and sanctioned by the Kenyan government..

link below:
x.com/NyamburaGobela/status/19

The image shows a screenshot of a tweet. The tweet is from a user named Gítonga, with the handle [@]NyamburaGobela. The tweet is written in white text on a black background and reads: "Let the world know that in our country Kenya, the government sanctions rape and murder of the citizens who dare to speak out about poor governance." The tweet has garnered 2,960 views and was posted at 9:39 AM on July 1, 2025. The user's profile picture is a red circular logo with a heart symbol next to the name. The tweet includes a timestamp and view count, indicating its popularity.
Karis [moved account- see bio]qaris
2025-07-02

'every revolution begins as an illegality until it wins.'

link below:
x.com/anam_sifa/status/1938861

The image shows a series of tweets from a user named [@]anam_sifa, displayed on a black background. The first tweet, posted at 10:25 AM on June 28, 2025, reads: "mind you, removing a president through a popular uprising is constitutional. that's the direct exercise of power in article 1. i dont mind if you call it oversimplification." It has garnered 7,379 views, 7 comments, 210 retweets, 453 likes, and 14 bookmarks. The second tweet, posted the same day, states: "when legal channels are broken or corrupted, the people's raw sovereignty can override formal constitutional structures. that's the logic behind every revolution in history. revolution cannot be contained in the confines of the rigidity of law." It has 9 comments, 22 likes, and 493 retweets. The third tweet, also from June 28, includes a link to marxists.org and reads: "every revolution begins as an illegality until it wins." It has 7 comments, 10 likes, and 483 retweets. The fourth tweet, posted on the same day, is partially visible and reads: "every revolution begins as an illegality until it wins." It has 7 comments, 10 likes, and 483 retweets. The user's profile name is "igqala," and the tweets are timestamped with the date and time. The interface elements, such as the reply, retweet, and like buttons, are visible, along with the user's profile name and handle.
Karis [moved account- see bio]qaris
2025-07-02

🧵 2/2

link below:
x.com/melanin_afrique/status/1

The image shows a series of tweets on a social media platform. The first tweet, by a user named Lumberjack with the handle [@]melanin_afrique, is timestamped at 9:56 AM on June 28, 2025, and has garnered 1,867 views. It discusses a documentary on Showmax about extra-judicial killings in poor neighborhoods, mentioning that families must pay for each bullet before the body is released. The second tweet, by a user named Rimuru Tempest with the handle [@]drastic_roy, asks if the bullets are given after payment. The third tweet, by Lumberjack, confirms that the bullets are kept and evidence is destroyed. The fourth tweet, by Rimuru Tempest, expresses disbelief at the situation, likening it to paying a murderer to walk free. The tweets are displayed against a black background, with user avatars and profile names visible.
Karis [moved account- see bio]qaris
2025-07-02

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the more you know about a country called Kenya..

and its police

link below:
x.com/SeiseBagbo/status/193863

The image shows a screenshot of a Twitter conversation related to the #OromoProtests. The first tweet, from the user [@]SeiseBagbo, states, "I realised this was the other thing most people didn't know. In this country if a bullet kills someone you pay cops per bullet." This tweet has garnered significant attention, with 142.1K views, 747 retweets, 1.6K likes, and 193 bookmarks. Below this tweet, Irene Asuwa ([@]irene_asuwa) responds, "The bullet was bought by a loan. That is why they make people pay for it after they have murdered." This tweet has 8.3K retweets and 13 likes. ACHIENG ([@]achieng_pj) then asks, "I'm sorry, I don't understand. What's the justification?" The final tweet from [@]SeiseBagbo explains, "I'm told it is just extortion. All the cases I've sat in, they said, 'wastage of state property' or something along those lines." The conversation is set against a black background, typical of Twitter's interface, with the tweets in white text.
Karis [moved account- see bio]qaris
2025-07-02

🧵 2/2

The image shows a screenshot of a Twitter conversation. The first tweet, posted by [@]SeiseBagbo, is about community organizing. It reads: "Community organising is the answer, so go back to the grassroots organisers and have conversations. Plug in the places you can. Be a part of and change the conversations happening there, and trust me, iyou'll change the conversations happening in the country." The tweet has 94 views, 1 reply, 3 retweets, and 2 likes. The second tweet, also by [@]SeiseBagbo, is a reply to the first one. It reads: "In my work as an organiser, I've learnt that change moves horizontally then vertically. So where are your people? Go to them and converse. Listen and listen some more. You don't know everything. Contribute and inconvenience yourself. That is the work. That is organising." The second tweet is timestamped as being posted on June 27. The background of the image is black, and the text is white, with the Twitter interface elements visible at the top and bottom.
Karis [moved account- see bio]qaris
2025-07-01

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being on the fedi does a great job at deplatforming right off the bat, nevertheless, something to always keep in mind

link below:
x.com/SeiseBagbo/status/193860

The image shows a screenshot of a Twitter post. The background of the post is black, with white text. The post is from a user named [@]SeiseBagbo, with the hashtag #OromoProtests. The post is dated June 27, 2025, at 5:33 PM and has received 1,818 views, 1 retweet, 79 replies, 104 likes, and 1 bookmark. The first part of the post reads: "The thing about propaganda is that even if you know it is propaganda, you can still be propagandised. That is why we say block and deplatform these people. Don't even give them a counter, block. Report and block. Stop talking or listening to them or their media." The second part of the post reads: "If it's news you want, then talk to the different people in the various communities organising in different regions. They want your eyes looking at them. Don't. Move from their dictated ways of engagement. Go back to your communities, which is also the way to remove cops too."
Karis [moved account- see bio]qaris
2025-07-01

'Living under black colonialists.'

link below:
x.com/KaranjaMatindi/status/12

A series of tweets from a user named Karanja Matindi, who is discussing the topic of Kenya's colonial legacy. The first tweet reads: "Living under black colonialists. A Thread." It is timestamped at 8:34 PM on April 17, 2020, and has received 48 comments, 1,000 retweets, 3,000 likes, and 295 bookmarks. The tweet argues that Kenya is still a colony and that many of the state's institutions, especially the government, behave like the British colonialists, stating that this is not an exaggeration or a political statement. The second tweet, timestamped at 8:34 PM on April 17, 2020, reads: "When ppl say Kenya is still a colony & that many of the state's institutions, esp. the govt., behave pretty much like the British colonialists, this is neither an exaggeration nor merely a political statement by 'idle' critics. It is statement of fact. This thread is an attempt to provide the evidence to prove this." It has received 1 comment, 81 retweets, 213 likes, and no bookmarks. The third tweet, timestamped at 8:34 PM on April 17, 2020, reads: "Acts of Parliament, enacted by the British colonialists (primarily to support better exploitation, dehumanisation & subjugation of the non-white subjects of the Kenya colony) are, almost 60 years after 'independence', still very much part of the #LawsOfKenya. Both the Executive & Parliament have considered these laws & decided they are still needed, pretty much for the same reasons that they were passed in the 1st place by the British."
Karis [moved account- see bio]qaris
2025-07-01

'A street vendor shot in the head by police during protests two weeks ago has died a day after being declared brain-dead in hospital, his family says.'

link below:
bbc.com/news/articles/cp9005z1

The image is a screenshot of a news article from BBC News. The headline reads: "Kenyan vendor shot by police during protests dies after life support switched off." The article is dated 1 day ago and is written by Basilioh Rukanga, Akisa Wandera, and Natasha Booty from BBC News, Nairobi & London. The main image shows a man standing outdoors. He is wearing a black puffer jacket with a red zipper, blue jeans, and a black cap with a red design. He is holding his finger to his lips in a 'shushing' gesture. The background includes a brick wall and green bushes. The article's subheading states: "Boniface Kariuki's family have called for a speedy investigation into his death."

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